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it was his dealings with leader mcconnell that really got a lot of things, fiscal cliff and debt negotiation done for that white house. and he has been indeed working the phones to. to senators of both parties. there is a need to keep some moderate democrats in line. they would love to have some republicans on here. at the same time, they have been sending signals that they're willing to do this alone. let's say a procedure known as reconciliation that can be done with democrats. president biden is eager to have the meeting. they're having these senators over there today. even getting $800 million would be a windfall for biden. that is going to be a difficult cell to some of the democrats. i think we need to see some sort of negotiation here. each side might have to give some in order to get this deal done. also interesting to watch, the white house has been reluctant to split this bill in two, to just focus and virus and priorities in one. we'll have to see if that changes, but certainly this is a big week if this is going to come together in a bipartisan fashion. if not, democrats will pus
it was his dealings with leader mcconnell that really got a lot of things, fiscal cliff and debt negotiation done for that white house. and he has been indeed working the phones to. to senators of both parties. there is a need to keep some moderate democrats in line. they would love to have some republicans on here. at the same time, they have been sending signals that they're willing to do this alone. let's say a procedure known as reconciliation that can be done with democrats. president...
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i was here during the fiscal cliff. we occasionally have these great crises, and when they occur we're able to rise above our normal partisanship and many times our normal positions. because these are not ordinary times. this is not an ordinary situation. and so it requires extraordinary measures. >> extraordinary times mean extraordinary measures. details are still being hammered out but the ideas for a new stimulus include two rounds of checks sent directly to individual americans, loans to small businesses, $50 billion just for the airline industry, more than a trillion total. are there right and wrong ways to do this sort of thing? what more will need to be done if this is done? will this stimulus of this amount be enough to stave off what is being described as an imminent economic collapse? joining us now is jared bernstein, the former top economic adviser to vice president biden. he's now with the center of budget and policy priorities. i asked mr. bernstein to be here tonight because he is good at explaining thin
i was here during the fiscal cliff. we occasionally have these great crises, and when they occur we're able to rise above our normal partisanship and many times our normal positions. because these are not ordinary times. this is not an ordinary situation. and so it requires extraordinary measures. >> extraordinary times mean extraordinary measures. details are still being hammered out but the ideas for a new stimulus include two rounds of checks sent directly to individual americans,...
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there was one shutdown on president obama, there was the but when you combine these fiscal cliffs, this kind of -- it's almost loony tunes, bugs bunny, road runner meets -- hard to believe it's been 22 years since that happened. but that was a real question. the newly empowered majored took the issue to the country. so speaker gingrich and the revolutionaries of that era said, okay, if you really don't want it, let's see if you can live without it. and the best blintd. >> they wasn't but they will -- this will be one more instance in a large pageant of inefficiency and ineffectiveness. >> pictures like this make it look about -- let's face it, we have groups of legislators who but for a few physical features kind of all look the same and they kind of all came up in the same way in this country. here we are deciding and i hate to keep referencing isn't it? there's a disconnect in the popular mind. and i suspect almost everybody on that floor, almost everyone in that picture would make a compelling case that, oh, it's more complicated than you think. that's fair enough, most things are. b
there was one shutdown on president obama, there was the but when you combine these fiscal cliffs, this kind of -- it's almost loony tunes, bugs bunny, road runner meets -- hard to believe it's been 22 years since that happened. but that was a real question. the newly empowered majored took the issue to the country. so speaker gingrich and the revolutionaries of that era said, okay, if you really don't want it, let's see if you can live without it. and the best blintd. >> they wasn't but...
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, democrats or republicans and we keep moving in the same direction, going over the cliff of fiscal irresponsibility. er the terrible mess in the world. not looking out for the rights of american citizens. frequently making treaties that are not beneficial to us. fostering policies that create division. like this bathroom thing -- why do you have to get in to that? why can't you just have a nongender bathroom for people who don't fit in to any category in their minds. these are the kinds of things that can destroy a society. we need wisdom and leadership to keep that kind of thing from happening. >> but you will agree, sir,er that washington runs a certain way and to try to blow it up, as donald trump has suggested he wants to do if he gets to washington and rewrite everything would be herculean, next to impossible task to do in any short period of time. so, do you worry about his efficacy should he get in to the white house? can he deal with congress? can he make things happen as he wants to, his vision, given what is set in relative stone? >>. >> what we know is the traditional way is not working.
, democrats or republicans and we keep moving in the same direction, going over the cliff of fiscal irresponsibility. er the terrible mess in the world. not looking out for the rights of american citizens. frequently making treaties that are not beneficial to us. fostering policies that create division. like this bathroom thing -- why do you have to get in to that? why can't you just have a nongender bathroom for people who don't fit in to any category in their minds. these are the kinds of...
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with mitch mcconnell to back away from the fiscal cliff and something that's not a common thing in recent years in washington but, you know, one thing to say, kate, republicans are trying to spin it, donald trump, reince priebus at the rnc they're excited about the idea of running against hillary clinton because she's flawed. if joe biden got into the race, you would have potentially seen a protracted democratic primary and someone in there talking a lot about president obama, which is something that, you know, potentially would have pulled hillary clinton into defending the president who is in many ways a polarizing figure. now she has a clearer path to the nomination and complicated for republicans fighting the process out likely for much longer than she will be whether it's donald trump, marco rubio, if you have an establishment versus conservative fight which we have seen in the past and all the way into april, if that's the kind of thing what happens again and i don't think the establishment is going to give out to donald trump without a very aggressive fight, this ultimately is some
with mitch mcconnell to back away from the fiscal cliff and something that's not a common thing in recent years in washington but, you know, one thing to say, kate, republicans are trying to spin it, donald trump, reince priebus at the rnc they're excited about the idea of running against hillary clinton because she's flawed. if joe biden got into the race, you would have potentially seen a protracted democratic primary and someone in there talking a lot about president obama, which is...
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this dead end politics that leads to fiscal cliffs and shutting down the government. in congress you don't zr the reputation, the ability or the the desire to walk across the aisle to get things done in washington. >> meanwhile in kentucky, republican senator mitch mcconnell's challenger alison lundergran grimes once again refused to say who she voted for in 2008 and again in 2012. >> this is a matter of principle. our constitution grants here in kentucky the constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box. you have that right. senator mcconnell has that right. every kentuckian has that right. and as secretary of state, the chief election official on task with overseeing and making sure we're enforcing all of our election laws. >> i'm not going to compromise a constitutional right provided here in kentucky in order to curry favor on one or another side. or for members of the media. >> you won't answer again tonight. >> you have that right. every kentuckian has the right for privacy at the ballot box. >> that's so courageous. >> so ridiculous. >> and she told everyb
this dead end politics that leads to fiscal cliffs and shutting down the government. in congress you don't zr the reputation, the ability or the the desire to walk across the aisle to get things done in washington. >> meanwhile in kentucky, republican senator mitch mcconnell's challenger alison lundergran grimes once again refused to say who she voted for in 2008 and again in 2012. >> this is a matter of principle. our constitution grants here in kentucky the constitutional right...
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his approach is my way or the highway, this dead end politics that leads to thing like fiscal cliffs and shutting down the government. leadership in washington involves walking across the aisle. congressman you don't have the reputation, the ability, or the desire to walk across the aisle to get things done in washington. >> meanwhile in kentucky republican senator mitch mcconnell's challenge len, allison grimes tried to define herself as a clinton democrat and once again refused to say who she voted for in 2008 and 2012. >> this is a matter of principle. our constitution grants here kinne the constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box for a secret ballot. you have that right. senator mcconnell has that right. every kentuckyian has that right. as secretary of state i'm tasked with overseeing and making sure we're enforcing all of our election laws. >> it's a matter of principle, standing on principle. >> i'm not going to compromise a constitutional right provided here in kentucky in order to curry favor on one or other side or for members of the media. >> you won't answer tha
his approach is my way or the highway, this dead end politics that leads to thing like fiscal cliffs and shutting down the government. leadership in washington involves walking across the aisle. congressman you don't have the reputation, the ability, or the desire to walk across the aisle to get things done in washington. >> meanwhile in kentucky republican senator mitch mcconnell's challenge len, allison grimes tried to define herself as a clinton democrat and once again refused to say...
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the ratings agency downgrade, the fiscal cliff debacle. failure to avoid the federal sequester and what you call a pointless government shutdown. all told you say that dropped 8% of value out of the market. how does an investor deal with that and do you think looking at those four points you mention i would say it's fair to say most of them were caused by congressional republicans. is there any partisanship at play in here in your mind? >> not really. i'm just looking at the percentages and doing some work. i would think if you feel that we're going to get a stalemate over the debt ceiling issue, that's the next one again. then we're going to be down between 5% and 8%. that's what happens every time. i look to ms to figure it out. i can't tell right now whether the debt ceiling is another one of longer head or no holes barred fight again. this decline today will be what i would say is going to end up being a precursor to that. right now we're just going down because retail sales have been horrendous. just horrendous since the last week of
the ratings agency downgrade, the fiscal cliff debacle. failure to avoid the federal sequester and what you call a pointless government shutdown. all told you say that dropped 8% of value out of the market. how does an investor deal with that and do you think looking at those four points you mention i would say it's fair to say most of them were caused by congressional republicans. is there any partisanship at play in here in your mind? >> not really. i'm just looking at the percentages...
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and we started 2013 off in crisis with the fiscal cliff, and at least in december it ended with some semblance of bipartisanship of some sort of budget normalcy. patty murray has been relatively obscure until now but has helped propel that to the forefront. as for political losers, there's a lot to choose from. >> just throw a dart at the wall. >> i would have to say just congress in general. as constantly the public approval for capitol hill are at record lows, and now we're heading into an election year. as we know, it's going to be very hard, if not impossible, to get major things done in an election year. we've got another fiscal crisis with the debt ceiling coming upon us and we don't know how congress is going to handle that. >> and of course patty murray's partner, paul ryan, who lost an election on the front of it and the back end somehow made a deal on the budget and didn't offend his base. he seemed to be a winner as well. seung min kim, we appreciate the time. >>> we want to show you video of that train derail maekmenderail. no one kwaz was injured but authorities are reco
and we started 2013 off in crisis with the fiscal cliff, and at least in december it ended with some semblance of bipartisanship of some sort of budget normalcy. patty murray has been relatively obscure until now but has helped propel that to the forefront. as for political losers, there's a lot to choose from. >> just throw a dart at the wall. >> i would have to say just congress in general. as constantly the public approval for capitol hill are at record lows, and now we're...
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. >>> words people want to see disappear is obamacare followed by shutdown, gridlock, fiscal cliff. >>> it's time for your friday first look at politics. joining me from washington is kevin suh rilly. >> happy friday and happy early birthday to your daughter. >> that's sweet of you. thank you. let's start with the "duck dynasty" story. some are coming to their defense. why are they getting involved? >> i don't know and i don't care. aren't people sick of this yet? bobby jindal a potential 2016 contender walked into the middle of it and says he was just using his free speech and that people are too politically correct nowadays. i just don't understand why jindal would want to even weigh in on this at all. >> free speech issue, but this is r more of an employment issue you could argue. >> and it's just like wrong for so many reasons. >>> hhs is easing the rules for those whose policies were cancelled under obama care. how long do you expect this tinkering to take place and is it undermining the intention of the law? >> it is undermining the intentions of the law and it took a lot of peo
. >>> words people want to see disappear is obamacare followed by shutdown, gridlock, fiscal cliff. >>> it's time for your friday first look at politics. joining me from washington is kevin suh rilly. >> happy friday and happy early birthday to your daughter. >> that's sweet of you. thank you. let's start with the "duck dynasty" story. some are coming to their defense. why are they getting involved? >> i don't know and i don't care. aren't people...
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if you lock at the smaller one here, that was the fiscal cliff at the end of 2012 and, of course, if you look at this one here, that is what is going on right now with obama care and all the dysfunction in washington that we have been talking about at the moment. so consumer confidence is weak going into this holiday season and i think we have washington to thank for a lot of that. solet look at what americans will actually thinking of doing. this is a survey done on plans for spending. so we look at 2011 compared to 2013. 2012 was just the same trend. so worry showing a two-year period. but you can see here that 39% of americans this year plan to spend less. only 24% plan to spend more. >> that is a reversal of two years ago when 33% were going to spend more. >> we were talking a couple days ago, always when i go in especially to small business owners, i boy something. i say, hey, how is business going? i never know the answer. that's why i always do it. because six months ago they might have told me things are bad. three months ago, hey, things are getting better, i'm feeling good,
if you lock at the smaller one here, that was the fiscal cliff at the end of 2012 and, of course, if you look at this one here, that is what is going on right now with obama care and all the dysfunction in washington that we have been talking about at the moment. so consumer confidence is weak going into this holiday season and i think we have washington to thank for a lot of that. solet look at what americans will actually thinking of doing. this is a survey done on plans for spending. so we...
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after the shutdown, after the fiscal cliff, after ken cuccinelli's loss, he is the republican win in 202013, and he's going to carry that into next year. >> from your lips, robert. robert costa and julian epstein, thank you both so much. >>> still ahead, diffusing a nuclear standoff with iran. high stakes talks under way with secretary of state john kerry in geneva. we'll have the very latest. of providing a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. if you look at a khan academy video, they cover everything from basic arithmetic to calculus, trigonometry, finance. you can really just get what you need at your own pace. and so, bank of america came and reached out to us and said, "we are really interested in making sure that everyone really understands personal finance." we're like, "well, we're already doing that." and so it was kind of a perfect match. i remember thinking there's a lot i have to do... check my blood sugar, eat better. start insulin. today i learned there's something i don't have to do anymore. my doctor said with levemir® flexpen... i don't have to use a syr
after the shutdown, after the fiscal cliff, after ken cuccinelli's loss, he is the republican win in 202013, and he's going to carry that into next year. >> from your lips, robert. robert costa and julian epstein, thank you both so much. >>> still ahead, diffusing a nuclear standoff with iran. high stakes talks under way with secretary of state john kerry in geneva. we'll have the very latest. of providing a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. if you look at a khan...
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cliff and take the global economy with it. so why would our friends be looking at us through an intelligence lens saying what in the heck are the americans going to do at the end of the day. it's in their interests to understand what was going to happen here. let me put one other in a german context. germany has devoted billion oz of dollars to propping up greece because the future of the european union as we know it depends on what happens in greece. i would think that european members might have some intelligence assets focused on greece going what are they ultimately going to do and are they going to abide by the agreements reached in the austerity programs put in place. so there are lots of reasons why. we say it's spying but it's really about understanding what's happening in other countries that affects your national interests. >> now, so you proposed a flipside. let me do that, as well. how do you think the white house would reracket if they found out 35 foreign intelligence agencies were spying on our president's phone
cliff and take the global economy with it. so why would our friends be looking at us through an intelligence lens saying what in the heck are the americans going to do at the end of the day. it's in their interests to understand what was going to happen here. let me put one other in a german context. germany has devoted billion oz of dollars to propping up greece because the future of the european union as we know it depends on what happens in greece. i would think that european members might...
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instead as matt miller points out in the "washington post," we face a debilitating carnival of fiscal cliffs and debt ceiling showdowns that repeat every quarter or year or 18 months indefinitively. i want to ask what's most concerning in your mind about this never-ending carnival if this is what we keep doing? >> that's a really good question. it's something that's fundamental to the debate ongoing the last few years. democrats and republicans understand the importance of economic growth and bringing our fiscal house in order. cbo has put out a statistic that if gdp growth over the next ten years were just below one tenth of one percent, that would add $300 billion to the deficit over ten years. that is an amount that is double what the budgetary impact would be of the cpi proposal that would reflect inflation adjustments and other government programs. so there are very deeply held views about how best to bring about that economic growth that is so important. and those fundamental divides are major i am pedmentes to progress forward between the two parties. >> it's so much more fun t
instead as matt miller points out in the "washington post," we face a debilitating carnival of fiscal cliffs and debt ceiling showdowns that repeat every quarter or year or 18 months indefinitively. i want to ask what's most concerning in your mind about this never-ending carnival if this is what we keep doing? >> that's a really good question. it's something that's fundamental to the debate ongoing the last few years. democrats and republicans understand the importance of...
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the new reporting on what happened last year on the fiscal cliff shows that speaker boehner's chief of staff mike summers declared we are now the republican majority, primarily a blocking group. in other words, that's what we're going to do is stop things and you see that now and you were talking earlier about football, you can't win just having a defense stopping things. you've got to have some sort of positive plan and the tragedy in all of this, yes, maybe government shutdown is that the main issues that are before the country are not being addressed. there's no tax reform being discussed. there's no entitlement reform being discussed and the giant issue for millions of people out there is the unemployment problem is not being addressed. so all of these small things are occurring. if you -- i think there's a bailout point probably not this week but maybe in the next couple of weeks for speaker boehner. putting something on the floor like he did in the fiscal cliff negotiations and getting as he did in that case where they actually raised taxes on the upper brackets, required about 1
the new reporting on what happened last year on the fiscal cliff shows that speaker boehner's chief of staff mike summers declared we are now the republican majority, primarily a blocking group. in other words, that's what we're going to do is stop things and you see that now and you were talking earlier about football, you can't win just having a defense stopping things. you've got to have some sort of positive plan and the tragedy in all of this, yes, maybe government shutdown is that the...
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government, debt ceiling deadlines, the possibility of default, fiscal cliffs. and why? there is more than one reason, but the overriding one is this. republican parties elected representatives in washington dedicated themselves from the very beginning of the obama presidency to a strategy of absolute resistance to the white house and absolute confrontation with the white house. there is no one in the republican party today who better personifies that spirit, who better channels, better shapes the attitude of the party's base than ted cruz. the idea that there is no pure expression of conservatism than to oppose loudly and overheatedly and relentlessly to oppose everything attached to or connected with president obama, cruzzism. it is the spirit that animates the republican base. it has toppled one republican establishment giant after another in primaries, that has instilled fear into the hearts of every republican office holder today that the biggest threat, maybe the only threat to their job security is being judged by the gop base to be insufficiently conserv
government, debt ceiling deadlines, the possibility of default, fiscal cliffs. and why? there is more than one reason, but the overriding one is this. republican parties elected representatives in washington dedicated themselves from the very beginning of the obama presidency to a strategy of absolute resistance to the white house and absolute confrontation with the white house. there is no one in the republican party today who better personifies that spirit, who better channels, better shapes...
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heard about the government shut down and the fiscal cliff. ultimately the republicans do get the sense kicked into them and the house will send a ridiculous bill to the senate. john boehner will create a big stink and reach across to get a bipartisan deal, and i hope we don't shut down for a couple of days and my constituents don't care about this because they watched this play out over and over and over a ben and they know that they go irrational for a period of days and they get pushed to the side when boehner decides he wants to do a deal with democrats. >> we'll talk about the horrific shootings and the navy yard is a mile, mile and a half from where you're standing and yesterday we showed the presser from the newtown families. more than 200 people have been killed by guns since december 14th and 12 more innocent lives have been lost. look, you can say enough is enough and that's what a lot of people were saying there, but i talked to a lot of people in the last couple of days and even leaders who work for organizations about gun control
heard about the government shut down and the fiscal cliff. ultimately the republicans do get the sense kicked into them and the house will send a ridiculous bill to the senate. john boehner will create a big stink and reach across to get a bipartisan deal, and i hope we don't shut down for a couple of days and my constituents don't care about this because they watched this play out over and over and over a ben and they know that they go irrational for a period of days and they get pushed to the...
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deep dive, upcoming budget battles in washington and whether we're heading for another fiscal cliff. one of the smartest guys on budget you can possibly get on this issue, i promise. somebody you don't see enough. watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] if you've run out of tissues and considered other things... you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec® love the air. >>> you don't need to be clairvoyant to predict gridlock when congress gets back to work next month, all nine days in september. could the country be headed toward another fiscal cliff? let me explain, a deep dive, more likely scenario for washington. it's one not a lot of people reported on. stan, a man who helped craft the budget on both sides of capitol hill, knows how this works better than anybody. first, here is what we know. once lawmakers get back, the smallest of windows to come up with a plan to fund government before it shuts down. neither si
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>> simple case, fiscal cliff deal, gun control, immigration, he's gotten squat. he's not going to get squat on any of those, and it's because of the reality of washington. >> if you go back to the very beginning of the year, obviously, the tax deal was a big win for him. the question, i guess, is was it such a big win, quite frankly, that it recalibrated every other republican's view of whether we're going to enter into any deals or negotiations for the rest of the year? i think that certainly is up for some discussion. but what's the president going to do to put pressure on house republicans for immigration reform when less than two dozen of them have any appreciable hispanic population? they're all insulate sd. >> i've been saying all along, oh, immigration is going to pass. no, it's not going to pass the house. citizenship is not going to happen in the house. >> when do you declare it dead? >> a couple of months ago. >> just to rewind for a minute, didn't senator mitch mcconnell lose some altitude yesterday? he's lost some of his own people. john mccain's come
>> simple case, fiscal cliff deal, gun control, immigration, he's gotten squat. he's not going to get squat on any of those, and it's because of the reality of washington. >> if you go back to the very beginning of the year, obviously, the tax deal was a big win for him. the question, i guess, is was it such a big win, quite frankly, that it recalibrated every other republican's view of whether we're going to enter into any deals or negotiations for the rest of the year? i think...
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they have to do a debt ceiling deal and had to do a fiscal cliff deal. they feel like they have though do an immigration deal and you see that in elites in both parties that -- business interests and basically the whole washington establishment of the republican party really wants them to do an immigration deal. norquist is one of the people that is aggressively pushing for immigration deal to get done on the right. i think that not only does that -- is it a high priority for republican establishment figures, it is also -- that's going to give cover to the individual republican members who vote for the bill. they are going to have institutional support behind them for having done this. i think that it is likely to pass in the same way things like the fiscal cliff deal pass where they will a mine sort of republican support in the house together with democrats. the bill will not be as aggressive as democrats want. i don't think there will be a poison pill like the border security triggers that can never be triggered that john cornyn wants. i still think it
they have to do a debt ceiling deal and had to do a fiscal cliff deal. they feel like they have though do an immigration deal and you see that in elites in both parties that -- business interests and basically the whole washington establishment of the republican party really wants them to do an immigration deal. norquist is one of the people that is aggressively pushing for immigration deal to get done on the right. i think that not only does that -- is it a high priority for republican...
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the latest article within "the washington post" says in reference to the fiscal cliff that -- no longer able to agree or much less execute some of the most basic government functions. it points a big finger to john boehner. right now the fact that there really is nothing for the party to coalesce behind other than scandal in d.c. and scandal is not an agenda. >> that's exactly right, thomas. i mean, when you look at what's happened to the republicans since that vote on new year's day this year, they haven't been you if unified on anything. the most striking anecdote -- and that's a "washington post" story, i think, soon after that vote, it was described as conservative republicans who gathered together to figure out if they were going to oust speaker boehner for the leadership. they prayed all night. some of them came back and said god told them to spare boehner for this congress. you know, there was a time when people said that if god told you to do something like that, you know, people in -- men in white coats would take you away. this seems to be what governors much of the republican
the latest article within "the washington post" says in reference to the fiscal cliff that -- no longer able to agree or much less execute some of the most basic government functions. it points a big finger to john boehner. right now the fact that there really is nothing for the party to coalesce behind other than scandal in d.c. and scandal is not an agenda. >> that's exactly right, thomas. i mean, when you look at what's happened to the republicans since that vote on new...
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cliff deal happen without having to resort to this. so there's blame to go all around. i think the overall political effect is to sour people even further on washington. to inculcate the notion that washington is the place where change goes to die. where results never happen. where deals are never cut. and i think ultimately, both the republican leadership and the president suffer as a result. >> what i think is that this displays so much of what's wrong with the press and the political priorities in washington. we heard all about white house tours. now we're hearing all about flying. there have been some exceptions including samstein and the "huffington post" who has reported on what the big part of sequester does. the big parts to most people, public housing to the chip program. a lot of real problems for people living at the margins of this recession. instead we get all this talk that is for people who are more well off. the majority of american adults will not get on a plane this year. 138 million americans won't get on a plane. fl
cliff deal happen without having to resort to this. so there's blame to go all around. i think the overall political effect is to sour people even further on washington. to inculcate the notion that washington is the place where change goes to die. where results never happen. where deals are never cut. and i think ultimately, both the republican leadership and the president suffer as a result. >> what i think is that this displays so much of what's wrong with the press and the political...
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look at the fiscal cliff deal. they went through the senate first and got it 89-8 vote. you had 40 republicans in the senate actually voting for it. so that really isolated the house, forced it home to put it on the floor. when they took to it the house it passed. 65% of the republicans voting no. but it did get through. i guess the question it seems the logic for boehner he decides there's some issues he has to do, he has to put it on the floor and willing to do it but pays a price when he does that. is this one of the issues he has to put on the floor. >> he said this week we would have something in the house. before we talk about the haster rule we have to talk about the house judiciary committee. the chairman from virginia who is not the suburbanite republican, very conservative, very opposed to most of what we've talked about so far would get a say on this. something that hasn't happened, almost waiting for to it happen is a point where you can have something called a gun control bill or gun safety bill but that has been mutated so much by republicans in both houses
look at the fiscal cliff deal. they went through the senate first and got it 89-8 vote. you had 40 republicans in the senate actually voting for it. so that really isolated the house, forced it home to put it on the floor. when they took to it the house it passed. 65% of the republicans voting no. but it did get through. i guess the question it seems the logic for boehner he decides there's some issues he has to do, he has to put it on the floor and willing to do it but pays a price when he...
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we gave on the revenues with the fiscal cliff. we've already succumbed to more tax increases and what we need to look at and what we're optimistic that we'll see more in the president's budget proposal is more reducing the signs of government and more cutting of entitlements and he says there's not a lot of focus on taxes but looking at the tax rates and that would mean increased taxes. what we need to do is reduce the size and scope of the government. >> when we look at this, chris, and the fact that this is putting something down on paper, is it really possible that the president can get revenue out of the republican party right now no matter what? because they baulked once. it doesn't seem like they are ready to blink again. >> and that's the budget that is set up. remember, the debt limit and the country's ability to continue to borrow runs out in about a month and they figure they can get through august and continue to pay their bills and the president is making an early first move on this by saying, i have a very balanced pl
we gave on the revenues with the fiscal cliff. we've already succumbed to more tax increases and what we need to look at and what we're optimistic that we'll see more in the president's budget proposal is more reducing the signs of government and more cutting of entitlements and he says there's not a lot of focus on taxes but looking at the tax rates and that would mean increased taxes. what we need to do is reduce the size and scope of the government. >> when we look at this, chris, and...
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washington did not walk off a fiscal cliff and you did not have people challenge debt ceilings so what didn't happen in washington is least as important as what happened in washington. people talk about irrational exuberance. i think some feelings is out there i'm not sure all of this -- >> do you think it's fairy dust? >> no, i don't think it is. >> 2% growth, what is the thing that is going to kick-start? i take this to gene because it's a political question. gene, we have had jobs crisis for four years and three months now. since the -- dating back to before the obama administration. is washington going to do, if anything, to answer andrew's question? the stock market going up, things improving and incremental ways richard said on a daily basis. anything washington feels need to be done to deal with the slow growth that has been around a long time? >> i wish i could be really optimistic. i'm not. i've been pessimistic this last while, despite the optimism of some colleagues about any sort of grand bargain. i'm certainly pessimistic about anything specifically trying to jump-start th
washington did not walk off a fiscal cliff and you did not have people challenge debt ceilings so what didn't happen in washington is least as important as what happened in washington. people talk about irrational exuberance. i think some feelings is out there i'm not sure all of this -- >> do you think it's fairy dust? >> no, i don't think it is. >> 2% growth, what is the thing that is going to kick-start? i take this to gene because it's a political question. gene, we have...
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one of the things that sapped some of the momentum were the weeks of conversation about the fiscal cliff at the end of the year. the president also pushing immigration at the same time. and this isn't the top priority of the president. in the state of the union address we heard him saying he wants a vote on some of these measures which is different than saying the country must have them. immigration is more of a must have for this president than gun control. he'll get some gun control but nothing like what he would have liked or would have looked like he would have gotten a few weeks or months ago. >> this is a disgrace the day after the state of the union address the president of the united states and senator harry reid didn't put it up on the floor and vote it up and down right now. put your name on. do it right now. disgraceful. >> i totally agree. i'm wondering actually, mike, do you have any thoughts on whether the bloomberg money situation is going to change anything? does that even matter at this stage or has that horse left the gate? >> no, it certainly could. more than $10 milli
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cliff deal, that last round of brinksmanship they had here in washington. they feel they've done their part and want to see president obama begin to move on entitlements, to really ask his party, his own party to make some sacrifices. of course, president obama and the democrats see that very differently. but that helps explain why it is so hard to get any progress toward a grand bargain. >> chris, i know you've been following all that is happening at cpac very closely. we just heard from steve deace a few moments ago. he said just to paraphrase, if they had a rubio, if they had a rand paul/rubio ticket, all would be right with the gop. what do you make of that? is that their dream ticket in 2016? >> that's a dream ticket. a dream ticket for the democratic party. i mean, let's be serious. you cannot win, and this i think they keep making the mistake. you cannot win if you have candidates that are not reflective of where the country is on not only the key economic issues but also the key social issues. and you see that in terms of on immigration, gay marriag
cliff deal, that last round of brinksmanship they had here in washington. they feel they've done their part and want to see president obama begin to move on entitlements, to really ask his party, his own party to make some sacrifices. of course, president obama and the democrats see that very differently. but that helps explain why it is so hard to get any progress toward a grand bargain. >> chris, i know you've been following all that is happening at cpac very closely. we just heard from...
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we have the sequester, we had the fiscal cliff, we have the difficulty of getting things done, we have the arab spring, we have the pope that has to resign, we had 80% of america's ceo the top four companies that have to re-sign or pushed out before the term is over, look at the military, the big armies with billions of dollars that are denied victory by insurgents that are, you know, with very -- with very primitive weapons and very basic stuff, that kind of deal, so there's a lot to celebrate about this and the decay of power. there are more opportunities, it's good for voters, it's good for citizens, it's good for women, it's good for everyone. but there are -- there are downsides to it and you mentioned some, you know, we're getting governments that are paralyzed. it's hard to get things done at the national level but even more difficult it's hard to get done at the international level. >> i think that's the downside going to charles' point is i think where you see the pope, if you have a lessening of power, he has grave challenges, but less power to deal with the challenges. so, a
we have the sequester, we had the fiscal cliff, we have the difficulty of getting things done, we have the arab spring, we have the pope that has to resign, we had 80% of america's ceo the top four companies that have to re-sign or pushed out before the term is over, look at the military, the big armies with billions of dollars that are denied victory by insurgents that are, you know, with very -- with very primitive weapons and very basic stuff, that kind of deal, so there's a lot to celebrate...
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the republicans gave a lot of spending on the fiscal cliff deal. it was all revenue and no spending cuts. if they want something more spending cut oriented, they lose a little bit. it's how you make a deal. >> with both sides losing, do more spending cuts hurt president obama in the eyes of his voters as tax increases would in the eyes of the the republicans? >> both sides have to lose something. you have to do entitlement reform. the president said we have until august to get a huge deal done. guess what? here we are all over again. the president is setting it up. he's setting up the goalpost. if both sides, the republicans and the democrats fail on this, both sides are hurt by it. but, i think it depends on what the spending cuts are. if we do do tax reform, it's going to be mostly on the business side. guess what? they are not going to like a lot of what they hear and the lobbyists aren't going to like it. go back to the '86 tax bill, it's revenue neutral. it was chuck full of massive loopholes for american businesses. but it was revenue neutral
the republicans gave a lot of spending on the fiscal cliff deal. it was all revenue and no spending cuts. if they want something more spending cut oriented, they lose a little bit. it's how you make a deal. >> with both sides losing, do more spending cuts hurt president obama in the eyes of his voters as tax increases would in the eyes of the the republicans? >> both sides have to lose something. you have to do entitlement reform. the president said we have until august to get a...
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and fiscal cliffs, the advocacy money and the lobby money is flowing all thoefr place to make decisions. and at the helm is a person, the speaker of the house, that was involved in all of these things with abramoff. and i think people have a right to know what the third in line to the presidency is about. >> he also told me that boehner is concerned about one thing, himself. >> at no point in time have i ever heard in 25 years john boehner say, bob, that's just not good for people or, that is good for people. this is his personality. it is about his survival as speaker. so if he has to obstruct, he will obstruct. if he has to cater to all the special interests, he will cater. >> now clearly boehner isn't real happy with his former colleague. i don't know if they are friends anymore. he addressed the accusations on thursday in a presser. >> this is a disgraced congressman who went to jail. he's made a lot of baseless and false accusations in order to try to sell a book. it's sad. >> what's wrong with no comment? why even address it if it's all wrong. nay responded to boehner on my radio
and fiscal cliffs, the advocacy money and the lobby money is flowing all thoefr place to make decisions. and at the helm is a person, the speaker of the house, that was involved in all of these things with abramoff. and i think people have a right to know what the third in line to the presidency is about. >> he also told me that boehner is concerned about one thing, himself. >> at no point in time have i ever heard in 25 years john boehner say, bob, that's just not good for people...
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if you think of it in the ways that petty washington politics works, some people see the fiscal cliff as a victory for the president. you got the $600 billion in revenue. some folks see sequestration as a victory for those on the right. maybe there's clear space here so they can at least talk about the kind of balanced approach to deficit reduction and to getting our economy or continuing to get our economy running in a more sensible way. >> josh, you've repeatedly in your writings critiqued the president for his in your view failure to engage on substantive issues. the question i have for you, though, is are there enough republicans willing to do any deal with this president? because their position has been cuts, cuts, and more cuts. >> i think it's an open question. i think what the president is going for here is a repeat of the deal over the fiscal cliff. the senate republicans have been more pragmatic than the house republicans. you got a bipartisan deal on the fiscal cliff through the senate and that forced the house republicans' hand. these 12 he's bringing together for the dinn
if you think of it in the ways that petty washington politics works, some people see the fiscal cliff as a victory for the president. you got the $600 billion in revenue. some folks see sequestration as a victory for those on the right. maybe there's clear space here so they can at least talk about the kind of balanced approach to deficit reduction and to getting our economy or continuing to get our economy running in a more sensible way. >> josh, you've repeatedly in your writings...
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with the fiscal cliff. i think they are used to seeing the same movie over and over again. not paying attention as much. >> exactly where i'm thinking of going with this, wall street is really just ignoring washington through all of the hysteria with the fiscal cliff and the debt default and the sequester. have they decided to plug their ears and go along with business as usual? if so, how do they do that. how do they ignore and how can i do that? >> tips for us. >> how can i ignore washington. >> they are starting to figure out the answer question. what on earth is going on in washington. with the dow and the stock markets, they are looking for the bottom line. the u.s. firms, ge, ibm and they are doing great. turning in record profits. last year we saw corporate profits as a result of gdp hitting an all time record. for them, whatever happens in washington doesn't have much effect on the sales in china or brazil or overseas. that's where they are getting more money. you are seeing this growing vast discon
with the fiscal cliff. i think they are used to seeing the same movie over and over again. not paying attention as much. >> exactly where i'm thinking of going with this, wall street is really just ignoring washington through all of the hysteria with the fiscal cliff and the debt default and the sequester. have they decided to plug their ears and go along with business as usual? if so, how do they do that. how do they ignore and how can i do that? >> tips for us. >> how can i...
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ourselves in the face with the fiscal cliff thing, and which proceeds us punching ourselves in the face with the government shutdown looming in the month. another debt ceiling fight. when it comes to politics about money, washington has never been more even quixotically self-defeating and dumb right now. and i say that as a term of art, dumb. because we have just enacted a voluntary new fiscal policy that both sides call dumb and even disastrous. and it was voluntary, and we did it anyway. but wall street is psyched anyway. apparently they have reason to be if you read from their holy scripture, which of course is corporate properties. corporate profits are and have been a very happy story during our current supposedly socialistic administration. president obama takes over, right, during the great recession. so this is the valley of corporate despair. but since then, corporate profits have just gone up and up and up. for a hot minute last summer, the financial press warned us that the fun was over, that record corporate profits would not last, but after that, hey, look, they lasted, and
ourselves in the face with the fiscal cliff thing, and which proceeds us punching ourselves in the face with the government shutdown looming in the month. another debt ceiling fight. when it comes to politics about money, washington has never been more even quixotically self-defeating and dumb right now. and i say that as a term of art, dumb. because we have just enacted a voluntary new fiscal policy that both sides call dumb and even disastrous. and it was voluntary, and we did it anyway. but...
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it's all about fiscal cliffs and our way or the highway or no way. that needs, chuck, to come to an end. we need to get back to working together and finding solutions to our nation's problems. >> i think a lot of people agree with that sentiment, no matter which side of the aisle you're on. joe crowley, democrat from new york. thanks for coming on. thank you. >> all right. up next, we're live in rome where the cardinals are meeting to map out their plan for electing the next pope. a bunch of cardinals didn't show up. we'll explain why. >>> later, nbc news exclusive inside north korea waziristan, an area triktly forbidden to foreigners. that is until now. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports". ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8. that's not much, you think. except it's 2% every year. go to e-trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler ale
it's all about fiscal cliffs and our way or the highway or no way. that needs, chuck, to come to an end. we need to get back to working together and finding solutions to our nation's problems. >> i think a lot of people agree with that sentiment, no matter which side of the aisle you're on. joe crowley, democrat from new york. thanks for coming on. thank you. >> all right. up next, we're live in rome where the cardinals are meeting to map out their plan for electing the next pope. a...
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the fiscal cliff when there was a large sense of urgency to get something done. so the question is what will lead to that urgency? the white house's calculation is that public frustration will mount and that will force congress' hand and will force congress to do something and again, the impact of these cuts will take place over time and they will take place gradually. it is not clear when that will actually happen. >> kristen welker from the white house for us on this saturday arne. thanks. >> thanks, craig. >> in washington now, time to refocus. what's the next step for the white house and republicans in congress? >> i want to bring in lynn sweet, d.c. bureau chief for "the chicago sun-times" and david nabbikamura from "the washington post." >> the sequester should not get in the waive governing. take a listen. >> what i want to make sure is that we are constantly focused and that our true north is how are we helping american families suck see the. deficit reduction is part of that agenda and an important part, but it's not the only part and i don't want us to
the fiscal cliff when there was a large sense of urgency to get something done. so the question is what will lead to that urgency? the white house's calculation is that public frustration will mount and that will force congress' hand and will force congress to do something and again, the impact of these cuts will take place over time and they will take place gradually. it is not clear when that will actually happen. >> kristen welker from the white house for us on this saturday arne....
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and they gave themselves an extra two months with the fiscal cliff around new year's day, couldn't get it done and washington just resigned to it happening, the question will, it go through exactly as it was set to do? will they perhaps make some tweaks? is this it? will fiscal 2014 begin on october 1st with the budget battles over with, or will they role on? >> let's look ahead and talk about who is most likely to start feeling the cuts first? >> they are across the board. you saw the president appear in newport news, virginia, earlier this week. military bases, military agents and the white house talked about that this week and last week. and saying travelers will face longer lines because tsa agents are furloughed. head start programs, lots of teachers, and it's all the way across the board. lots of people feel it. and some people won't feel it. that was part of the problem. the white house was counting on the fact that they could use the same strategy they used on the payroll tax debate and people would rally behind them. that didn't work. some people won't be affected. friends of
and they gave themselves an extra two months with the fiscal cliff around new year's day, couldn't get it done and washington just resigned to it happening, the question will, it go through exactly as it was set to do? will they perhaps make some tweaks? is this it? will fiscal 2014 begin on october 1st with the budget battles over with, or will they role on? >> let's look ahead and talk about who is most likely to start feeling the cuts first? >> they are across the board. you saw...
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. >> that's what happened with the fiscal cliff deal. that's why the republicans came to the table with anything. >> while the markets are calm, i don't believe anything is going to happen, to be honest. >> i am terrified, i am terrified of the notion that we're going to have to talk about this for six months. we have to take a break, but when we come back, scalia thinks lawmakers need to be rescued from racial entitlement. swing vote anthony kennedy has never voted any affirmative action program that came before the court. we'll investigate when we get all up now with chris heyayes. that's next. some people will do anything to help eliminate litter box odor. ♪ discover tidy cats pure nature. clumping litter with natural cedar, pine, and corn. we create easy to use, powerful trading tools for all. look at these streaming charts! they're totally customizable and they let you visualize what might happen next. that's genius! strategies, chains, positions. we put 'em all on one screen! could we make placing a trade any easier? mmmm...could
. >> that's what happened with the fiscal cliff deal. that's why the republicans came to the table with anything. >> while the markets are calm, i don't believe anything is going to happen, to be honest. >> i am terrified, i am terrified of the notion that we're going to have to talk about this for six months. we have to take a break, but when we come back, scalia thinks lawmakers need to be rescued from racial entitlement. swing vote anthony kennedy has never voted any...
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. >> congress, it's going to be reminiscent for a lot of people, the fiscal cliff and struggle that took place with that. how do you go back to your constituents in kentucky and explain to them that once again washington is not doing its job? >> well, i've been doing this for several years now and it's a frustrating situation. like mr. turner, i voted against the budget control act and so i can tell them that this is not the way we do business. my constituents want a balanced approach. my constituents want to make sure that we don't take -- do all of the deficit reduction on the backs of lower and middle-income americans and while the wealthy contributes to this program. plus, we've got plenty of room with what are called tax end spe expenditures. >> let me interrupt. the president has come to the microphone. >> as you know, i've met with leaders of both parties to discuss a way forward in light of the severe budget cuts that start to take effect today. i told them these cuts will hurt our economy, they will cost us jobs and to set it right, both sides need to be willing to compromise. t
. >> congress, it's going to be reminiscent for a lot of people, the fiscal cliff and struggle that took place with that. how do you go back to your constituents in kentucky and explain to them that once again washington is not doing its job? >> well, i've been doing this for several years now and it's a frustrating situation. like mr. turner, i voted against the budget control act and so i can tell them that this is not the way we do business. my constituents want a balanced...
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cliff. it's a stark contrast. >> and during the government shutdown, it was like there was a sense that everybody would do everything they can to prevent it. then in july it was debt ceiling, they came up with the bizarre sequestration, on fiscal cliff, they came up with a way. there here it doesn't seem to be that sense of urgency. >> i'm going to disagree a bit. you say they are laying out what's going on happen. >> they're laying out a political argument, but not a solution. >> there are real people in the country who will really be affected. >> i understand that, but it's setting up a political argument. >> you have to look at what's going on in the house and republican caucus. john boehner is unable to control. -- if he put forward a balanced plan, i guarantee you that they probably would be able to pass something like the other bills being passed. it's the extreme parts of his caucus. >> she brings up john boehner. i'm going to bring up mitch mcconnell and john cornyn, tony, because th
cliff. it's a stark contrast. >> and during the government shutdown, it was like there was a sense that everybody would do everything they can to prevent it. then in july it was debt ceiling, they came up with the bizarre sequestration, on fiscal cliff, they came up with a way. there here it doesn't seem to be that sense of urgency. >> i'm going to disagree a bit. you say they are laying out what's going on happen. >> they're laying out a political argument, but not a...
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the crying wolf of washington politicians and a sense of what -- if you look at the fiscal cliff eastbound if there were some deal being worked out which there isn't that boehner would have a hard time getting the votes for anything. barely got the votes for a sort of symbolic sequester replacement plan around the time of the fiscal cliff deal and so i think that especially having in their perception caved on the fiscal cliff and then having put off the debt ceiling, the republicans really feel like this is something they have to stand their ground on. >> chris, karl rove superpac has an ad out of bom's mess. let me play it and get your reaction to this. >> a bad idea. are you willing to see a bunch of first responders lose their job. teachers laid off. air traffic controllers and airport security. this is hardship on a lot of people. scene zone yours. middle class families. scramble to find -- >> is this ad effective? you can take out the cut-out of the president and put in speaker boehner. he said he would like not to have the sequester come down. >> after that ad, i know why the group w
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this is not like the debt ceiling or even the fiscal cliff. this is not doomsday even if it does happen. it's just stupid and we shouldn't do it. >> ezra, a couple of things here. first of all, for a long time, the stock market and the economy, as from the perspective of working people, have been at least two different things, correct? one thing, you can see the stock market doing fine. that might have a lot more to do with china than what is to happen march 1st. secondly, let's say nothing happens. the unemployment rate is stuck around 8%. this is a pretty lousy time for nothing to happen. in fact, if you look at the cbo projections, the projection with the sequester taking effect is for the unemployment rate to be 7.9% the first half of this year, 8% for the second half of this year. so, basically stuck at a place that's really very disadvantageous for so many workers. >> jared, let me interrupt this colloquy here and ask you, jared, we know that there are other looming fiscal fights, the march 27th deadline for the continuing resolution, bu
this is not like the debt ceiling or even the fiscal cliff. this is not doomsday even if it does happen. it's just stupid and we shouldn't do it. >> ezra, a couple of things here. first of all, for a long time, the stock market and the economy, as from the perspective of working people, have been at least two different things, correct? one thing, you can see the stock market doing fine. that might have a lot more to do with china than what is to happen march 1st. secondly, let's say...
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cliff debate that the republican side was not going to play this thing all the way out to the bitter end, that it had realized that that was not good for the party's image and so there's a sense that it won't go to the bitter end this time. >> i think wall street is okay when it comes to sequestration. i think the continuing resolution and shutdown of the government would be a whole different story. >> steve, am i being too cynical on how wall street is reacting right now? >> couple other things to consider, first of all when you're looking at the dow. these are big global companies. they get at least half of their revenue from overseas. so the u.s. stock market reflects something beyond the u.s. economy. the second thing tomorrow is that the federal reserve is doing a lot to prop up the stock market, not directly, but by lowering interest rates they encourage everybody to take money out of things that media nothing and put it into risker investments like stocks, and it's working very well. >> hang on, let me get to pearlstein first on this. steve pearlstein, how long will it take fo
cliff debate that the republican side was not going to play this thing all the way out to the bitter end, that it had realized that that was not good for the party's image and so there's a sense that it won't go to the bitter end this time. >> i think wall street is okay when it comes to sequestration. i think the continuing resolution and shutdown of the government would be a whole different story. >> steve, am i being too cynical on how wall street is reacting right now? >>...
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we tipped over the fiscal cliff for a day but then they came to an agreement. this time, this is a big -- sequester is a big issue and could result in a lot of job losses and a lot of damage to the economy. but because it's slower moving, there seems to be less impetus to get a deal done before the march 1st deadline. you're hearing maybe this would all be wrapped up and the continuing spending resolution, if that's not solved by the end of march could result in a government shutdown. there seems to be posturing for negotiating all at once, some time in march. looks like it's possible we'll go past the sequester. >> didn't the gop agree to the sequester deal? and if the gop wanted to stop it, they could have. how do you assess blaming the president for the sequester? >> i'm not sure that's really working out for them because it's true that both sides agreed to this. and now the president is saying, okay, i agreed to this but let's do something about it. the whole idea of the sequester is it would be such a bad thing that neither party would want to go through w
we tipped over the fiscal cliff for a day but then they came to an agreement. this time, this is a big -- sequester is a big issue and could result in a lot of job losses and a lot of damage to the economy. but because it's slower moving, there seems to be less impetus to get a deal done before the march 1st deadline. you're hearing maybe this would all be wrapped up and the continuing spending resolution, if that's not solved by the end of march could result in a government shutdown. there...
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they have seen a fiscal cliff. they have seen a lot of arguing about a sequester. they see a lot of people not getting along so i do think that this sort of permanent campaign mode is unfortunately a reality of politics today because if you're going to get anything done it is by building pressure up outside of washington. >> to your point, the constant campaigning, i want to play what the president said yesterday looking ahead to the mid serm elections. let's play it. >> as long as we think back to whatever inspired each of us to say, maybe i can give something back, maybe i can make a difference, if we keep that in mind, every single day, i have no doubt that we'll continue the extraordinary progress that we have made already. and as a by-product of doing that good work and keeping that focus, i would expect that nancy pelosi's going to be speaker again pretty soon. >> david, obviously, interesting comments of the president there and the first read team says despite and we all know this, the debate over immigration and what to do about gun violence in this country
they have seen a fiscal cliff. they have seen a lot of arguing about a sequester. they see a lot of people not getting along so i do think that this sort of permanent campaign mode is unfortunately a reality of politics today because if you're going to get anything done it is by building pressure up outside of washington. >> to your point, the constant campaigning, i want to play what the president said yesterday looking ahead to the mid serm elections. let's play it. >> as long as...
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>> i saw him the week after the election in a meeting on the first fiscal cliff. and what was remarkable to me was how confident he was. how he came off that election feeling i think that he had matt case to the american people, they had sent him back to washington to fight for them, and i think that's gone right through the inauguration and to today. he looks like he's enjoying the job. i think that he has got a kind of serious strategy of how to get success in a second term and, yeah, i think he's having a pretty good time right now and he likes being around the country which he's doing more of, as well, not getting stuck in washington, not being a prime minister, but being president of all the american people. >> big dog 2.0. john podesta, thank you as always. >> does this mean nicorette is the fdr version in the 20th century? >> full circle. coming up, education reformer michelle rhee has never shied away from controversial measures in the name of improving public schools. we will discuss some of her breaks with convention when she joins us just ahead. this is
>> i saw him the week after the election in a meeting on the first fiscal cliff. and what was remarkable to me was how confident he was. how he came off that election feeling i think that he had matt case to the american people, they had sent him back to washington to fight for them, and i think that's gone right through the inauguration and to today. he looks like he's enjoying the job. i think that he has got a kind of serious strategy of how to get success in a second term and, yeah, i...
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in terms of the debt ceiling deal, the fiscal cliff, the bipartisan senators who came together on immigration, which, aga again, that's kind of a rope thing in washington, d.c., but it's been absent for the last couple of years. when george w. bush was elected, no child left wind was a top domestic priority and you had a kind of gang of eight style thing. >> no child left behind just didn't happen. bush reached out to ted kennedy, and you worked the issue and -- >> sure. they worked on the recovery act. they want today recovery. >> they didn't work on the -- >> yes, they did. >> it was one of those ludicrous republican myths that obama didn't reach across the aisle. and ma myth is so foundational to a lot of republican thinking and i'm guessing to you and i it seems so divorced from reality that it's hard to even engage with, right, the idea that obama didn't attempt to genuinely attempt a bipartisan governing style. >> you can call it a myth. i think the proof is in the pudding. i think that this -- >> so you blame obama for the fact that there's this -- >> listen, i'm in politics. i think m
in terms of the debt ceiling deal, the fiscal cliff, the bipartisan senators who came together on immigration, which, aga again, that's kind of a rope thing in washington, d.c., but it's been absent for the last couple of years. when george w. bush was elected, no child left wind was a top domestic priority and you had a kind of gang of eight style thing. >> no child left behind just didn't happen. bush reached out to ted kennedy, and you worked the issue and -- >> sure. they worked...
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the fiscal cliff. we found in our own polling people feel less confident about the economy when there's no deal in washington. is that what you guys see? >> yeah. i would say it's more dollars and cents than that, though. chuck, you know, the payroll tax holiday went away in january. everyone got their first paycheck in 2013 and said, it's a lot smaller, what's the heck's going on. and that's reflected in the confidence numbers. no one really likes the back-and-forth and vitriol in washington, it makes people nervous, particularly business people. but for consumers what really matters is the paycheck and the paycheck is smaller and they're not really comfortable with that. >> what will it take for the unemployment to get below 6% or in that range, we got to start seeing jobs added, we got to start seeing it in the 300s, in the 400s, in the 500s, when will we see it in this economy? it still feels like treading water. >> i don't think it's in the next three, six numbers, because we have to digest the ta
the fiscal cliff. we found in our own polling people feel less confident about the economy when there's no deal in washington. is that what you guys see? >> yeah. i would say it's more dollars and cents than that, though. chuck, you know, the payroll tax holiday went away in january. everyone got their first paycheck in 2013 and said, it's a lot smaller, what's the heck's going on. and that's reflected in the confidence numbers. no one really likes the back-and-forth and vitriol in...
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analysts say the rally began after washington policy makers avoided the fiscal can cliff. and investors chase higher stock prices. >> hey, wait a minute, the market is getting better. maybe the economy is getting better. the train is leaving the station. i better not let it leave without me. >> reporter: the economy about to gain momentum? still potential pitfalls, rising mortgage rates and titghtened markets could damage housing, but some analysts say the stage is set. >> we've made a lot of adjustments and the economy has breathing space to really improve. >> john yang reporting. >>> a mystery that came up during secretary of state hillary clinton's hearing now solved. that next. [ other merv ] welcome back to the cleaning games. let's get a recap, merv. [ merv ] thanks, other merv. mr. clean magic eraser extra power was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment... had it coming. grungy phones... oh! super dirty! and grimy car rims... wow! that really works! ...all taking losses. it looks like mr. clean
analysts say the rally began after washington policy makers avoided the fiscal can cliff. and investors chase higher stock prices. >> hey, wait a minute, the market is getting better. maybe the economy is getting better. the train is leaving the station. i better not let it leave without me. >> reporter: the economy about to gain momentum? still potential pitfalls, rising mortgage rates and titghtened markets could damage housing, but some analysts say the stage is set. >>...